The Portland daily press., 1887-09-24
BASE BALL.
New England League. i.
ToDAY,s GAME.

Today's game will decide whether the
Lowells will fly the pennant or whether the
Portlands will tie them for the bunting and
oblige series of games to be played off,
There never was closer finish for first place
than the Portlands and Lowells are making
now. Although the league schedule has
been finished week, these two clubs are
still fighting and it has got now where one
game can decide the whole thing or oblige
both clubs to start new again. That twill
be hard-fought game goes without saying,
and that there will be crowd present to see
1t is another point equally as true.
PoRTLANDs, IS; LowELLs, 7.
1t wasn't very fine game of ball that the
land grounds yesterday. but it was interest
ing to Portland people because their club
won it and thereby have one more chance
sure for the pennant. Both teams made
some costly fielding errors and played miser-
ably at times. There was not the usual
amount Of cheap talk that has characterized
the games between these two clubs in the
past as Umpire lynch kept the players
down to their work and made them hold
their tongues unless they were using them in
legitimate way. 1t goes without saying
that to be made to play honest ball some
what handicaps the Lowells and they
seemed out Of their element yesterday.
Cuddy ran In from the field several times
but was Immediately sent back each time
with rebuke. Shaw pitched for Portland
and with perfect support but one run would
have been made by the Lowells. Kennedy
was the only man who hit safely more than
once, and what hits were made by
Nyh fhOxr
didn't avail much. Burns and Sullivan were
the Lowells' battery and it did not prove to
be very strong one. Sullivan's finger was
injured In the fifth and Murphy took his
place behind the bat. Burns was very wild.
He gave four men their bases on balls, made
two wild pitches, and hit two men with the
ball: He was batted hard also, the Port
lands earning four runs and making eleven
safe hits with total Of sixteen.
The Portlands went to the bat first. In
the first inning they scored four runs on
about as weak battery work as it was pos
siDle TO make 1t. Andrus got his base on
balls, stole second and third, and scored on
wild pitch. Dickerson was hit in the side
with pitched ball, stole second, and scored
ON wild pitch. Hatfield got hit on the
arm and took first went to third on a wild
pitch and scored on put out. DAWN got to
second on a wild throw by Toffiing and
scored ON Schoeneck's two.bagger. A run
was added in the third on hits by Da, in and
Galligan, and four more in the fifth on four
hits and wild throw. Two were made In the
sixth on a base. on balls, two hits and
passed ball, and two in the seventh on a hit
base on balls and tumble.
The Lowells secured their first run In the
second inning. Kennedy hit safe, stole sec
ond,. went to third on put out, and
reached home on bad throw by Schoeneck.
They came within one Of making tie Of
the score in the fourth, the Portlands max
ing bad break in their play. Duffey hit to
Dickerson, who fumbled the ball. and the
rainbow thrower was safe at first. Shaw
made balk and Higgins was allowed to take
first and Duffey second. Kennedy hit to
Lufbery, who threw to Dckerson to cut off
Higgins. and Dickerson let the ball 90
through him, spelling double play. Dutfey
scored on the error, leaving men on second
and third. Toff1ing's hit sen. Higgins home.
Sullivan's put out did the same for Ken
nedy. Their only earred run was made in
the fifth, Duffey hitting for three bases and
Higgins sending him in with a hit. The
latter player also scored in the same inning
on hit, passed ball and put out. The sew
enth run was made In the sixth on a base ON
balls and triple by Cudworth. The game